NASA Mars helicopter makes history as first vehicle to fly on another planet
Ingenuity has lifted off the Martian surface and launched a new era of planetary exploration.
ByJay Bennett
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A small helicopter opened a new chapter of space exploration this morning when it lifted off the surface of Mars, marking humankind’s first powered flight on another planet. The 19-inch-tall chopper called Ingenuity kicked up rusty red dust as it hovered about 10 feet off the ground, turned slightly, and slowly touched back down. The flight lasted only about 40 seconds, but it represents one of history s most audacious engineering feats.
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Ingenuity Mars helicopter: The historic journey to fly on another planet CNN 3 days ago By Ashley Strickland, CNN © JPL-Caltech/NASA The Mars helicopter team is seen outside of NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on December 3, 2018.
When the Ingenuity helicopter takes flight this month, it will be a Wright brothers moment on Mars. This first powered, controlled flight on another planet has been years in the making and it has roots in the first such flight on Earth. © JPL/NASA Hitching a ride on the Mars Pathfinder mission, the Sojourner rover arrived on July 4, 1997.
It has been 117 years since Orville Wright took flight in Flyer 1 for 12 seconds on a historic December day in 1903 at Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. In the image captured by John Daniels, a member of the US Life-Saving Station at the site, Orville s brother Wilbur can be seen running alongside the aircraft. During the fourth and final flight that day, Wright achieved
Ingenuity Mars helicopter: The historic journey to fly on another planet
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